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Apr 2018
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This Island Earth | Monster Attack Ep. 1...

Jim Adams
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Jim examines another all-time favorite as he selects Universal - International's 1955 Sci-Fi classic "This Island Earth," starring Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex reason, Russell Johnson and Douglas Spencer. A strange man recruits several of the Earth's top scientists to work on a difficult project, but something seems askew. Find out his real purpose on this episode of "Monster Attack!"

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